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Best Young Adult Book Publishing Companies

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Genres: Education & Reference, Picture Book, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.hmhco.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
My Little Ocean

Katrin Wiehle

Almost Time

Gary D. Schmidt et al

Ghosts of the Missing

Kathleen Donohoe

MB Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Jewish Literature, and Children's

Location: Washington DC, US

Website: https://mbpublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
No Naptime for Janie!

Margie Blumberg

Breezy Bunnies

Margie Blumberg

A Home for Hope!

Margie Blumberg, Renée Andriani

MTV Books

Genres: Young Adult

Part of: Simon and Schuster

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

Forget You

Jennifer Echols

Me Since You

Laura Wiess

Abrams Books

Genres: Picture Book, Art, Middle Grade, Young Adult, DIY, Environmental, Photography, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: La Martiniere > Abrams Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.abramsbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

The Good Neighbor

Maxwell King

The Ship of Stolen Words

Fran Wilde

Bywater Books

Genres: LGBTQ+, Romance, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Humor, Biographies & Memoirs, Science Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.bywaterbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
96 Hours

Georgia Beers

Beowulf for Cretins

Ann McMan

Compass Rose

Anna Burke

Mythos and Ink

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Feminism, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Religion & Spirituality, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.mythosink.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Under the Lesser Moon

Shelly Campbell

Super Sick

Allison Alexander

Thy Geekdom Come

Casey L. Covel

Pelican Publishing Company

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, Architecture, Humor, Sports & Outdoors, Children's, and Nonfiction

Part of: Arcadia Publishing > Pelican Publishing Company

Location: New Orleans, US

Website: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/imprints/pelican-publishing

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Cicada's Song

Ariane O'Pry Trammell

We Really, Really Want a Dog!

Susan Holt Kralovansky

Who Dat Baby?

Allison Dugas Behan

Charlesbridge

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Diverse Literature, and Children's

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.charlesbridge.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Long Pitch Home

Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Running Full Tilt

Michael Currinder

A Place to Start a Family

David L. Harrison

Tachyon Publications

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Biographies & Memoirs, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, and Novella

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://tachyonpublications.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Midnight Circus

Jane Yolen

The Emperor's Soul

Brandon Sanderson

The Freeze-Frame Revolution

Peter Watts

Hodder & Stoughton

Genres: Cookbook, Health & Wellbeing, Biographies & Memoirs, Humor, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Young Adult, History, Politics, Horror, Action & Adventure, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Part of: Hachette > Hodder & Stoughton

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.hodder.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John le Carré

One Day

David Nicholls

Billy Summers

Stephen King

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